BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Camp Taiga
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 52 Mattson Way, Long Lake, 12847
- When was it listed? June 2017
- Category. building
- Town. Long Lake town
- National Register reference number. 100001068 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Camp Taiga between 2007 and 2019, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | RODNEY POINT FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 22 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BIG PINE |
| 22 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WATCH ROCK FIRE |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GRAMPUS LAKE OUTLET |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camp Taiga: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Lake, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Long Lake | $500 | New York Department of Highways reported the closure of Route 30 in both directions due to water flowing across the roadway. Additionally, a video taken by a member of the public showed water flowing rapidly out of Minnow Pond, adjacent to Route 30, crossing the roadway. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree down on McIntyre Boulevard. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | - | Trees were downed 2 miles west-northwest of Long Lake. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | - | Numerous trees were uprooted with wires also downed along Route 30 in Long Lake. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | - | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Lake | - | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Long Lake. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Long Lake | - | Route 30 was closed due to high water in the Hamlet of Long Lake between Route 28 and Rice Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Long Lake | - | Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the Lake Eaton Campground. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Long Lake | - | Half dollar size hail was reported in Long Lake during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Long Lake | - | Route 30 in was closed due to high water in the Hamlet of Long Lake between Route 28 and Rice Road. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Long Lake | - | Nickel size hail was reported at the Forked Lake Public Campground near Long Lake. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Long Lake | - | A thunderstorm produced hail estimated at 1.50 inches in diameter at Long Lake. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Long Lake | - | A trained spotter reported three-quarter-inch hail in Long Lake. |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Blue Mountain quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Blue Mountain quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Deerland quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Deerland quadrangle1:25000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001068 in Record Group 79. |
| Hamilton County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.